Voice of the Fish: A Lyric Essay Archives & Special Libraries The New York Times

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Voice of the Fish: A Lyric Essay Archives & Special Libraries The New York TimesLars Horn's Voice of the Fish, the latest Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize winner, is an interwoven essay collection that explores the trans experience through themes of water, fish, and mythology, set against the backdrop of travels in Russia and a debilitating back injury that left Horn temporarily unable to speak. In Horn's adept hands, the collection takes shape as a unified book: short vignettes about fish, reliquaries, and antiquities serve as